A ‘forever chemical` surprise awaits Biden`s EPA
(WorldNews Environment)

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to address so-called forever chemicals that have been found in Americans` drinking water and linked to many adverse health effects. But the scope of the contamination may be larger than previously understood given the EPA finding this week that such compounds have been leaching from storage containers into at least one pesticide used to control disease-spreading mosquitos. The manufacturer of the pesticide has voluntarily halted shipments of product in such containers, but it`s unclear how many other companies are using similar ones. “It`s still not known how broadly these are used elsewhere,” said David Andrews, senior...